Serif is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include:

• Serif Gören, Turkish film director
• Ahmet Serif Izgören, Turkish writer
• Serif Pasha, Kurdish nationalist
• Serif Muhiddin Targan, Turkish musician
• Serif Turgut, Turkish woman war correspondent

In typography, a serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface (or serifed typeface). A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning "without." Some typography sources refer to sans-serif typefaces as "Grotesque" (in German "grotesk") or "Gothic", and serif typefaces as "Roman."